List of lakes of Washington facts for kids
This page is about the state. For lakes in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., see List of lakes of the Washington, D.C., area.
This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Natural lakes
Currently included in this table are all natural and enhanced lakes with a surface area of more than 1,000 acres or a volume of more than 25,000 acre feet as well as smaller lakes (down to 100 acres) with a Wikipedia page.
| Name | County(s) | Elev. (ft) |
Area (acres) |
Volume (acre ft) |
Depth (max)(ft) |
Outflow | Basin | Coordinates | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Chelan | Chelan | 1,102 | 33,000 | 15,800,000 | 1,486 | Chelan River | Columbia / Chelan | 48°01′37″N 120°20′17″W / 48.027°N 120.338°W | ||
| Lake Washington | King | 17 | 22,000 | 2,400,000 | 214 | Lake Washington Ship Canal | Lake Washington | 47°37′19″N 122°15′22″W / 47.622°N 122.256°W | ||
| Ozette Lake | Clallam | 33 | 7,400 | 960,000 | 331 | Ozette River | Ozette River | 48°05′42″N 124°38′13″W / 48.095°N 124.637°W | ||
| Moses Lake | Grant | 1,050 | 6,800 | 130,000 | 38 | Crab Creek | Columbia / Crab Creek | 47°07′26″N 119°20′20″W / 47.124°N 119.339°W | ||
| Osoyoos Lake | Okanogan / B.C.‡ | 911 | 5,800 | 270,000 | 208 | Okanogan River | Columbia / Okanogan | 49°00′00″N 119°26′38″W / 49°N 119.444°W | ||
| Lake Crescent | Clallam | 584 | 5,100 | 1,500,000 | 624 | Lyre River | Lyre River | 48°03′36″N 123°49′41″W / 48.06°N 123.828°W | ||
| Lake Whatcom | Whatcom | 312 | 4,900 | 770,000 | 328 | Whatcom Creek | Bellingham Bay | 48°44′02″N 122°19′52″W / 48.734°N 122.331°W | ||
| Lake Sammamish | King | 30 | 4,900 | 284,000 | 105 | Sammamish River | Lake Washington | 47°35′38″N 122°05′53″W / 47.594°N 122.098°W | ||
| Cle Elum Lake | Kittitas | 2,227 | 4,800 | 520,000 | 260 | Cle Elum River | Columbia / Yakima | 47°16′01″N 121°05′38″W / 47.267°N 121.094°W | ||
| Baker Lake | Whatcom | 705 | 4,800 | 285,000 | Baker River | Skagit River | 48°45′54″N 121°32′34″W / 48.765°N 121.542778°W | |||
| Kachess Lake | Kittitas | 2,258 | 4,500 | 550,000 | 410 | Kachess River | Columbia / Yakima | 47°19′01″N 121°14′17″W / 47.317°N 121.238°W | ||
| Lake Cushman | Mason | 739 | 4,010 | 115 | Skokomish River | 47°28′48″N 123°15′0″W | ||||
| Lake Quinault | Grays Harbor | 186 | 3,550 | 496,000 | 240 | Quinault River | Quinault River | 47°28′26″N 123°52′16″W / 47.474°N 123.871°W | ||
| Omak Lake | Okanogan | 958 | 3,250 | 700,000 | 325 | None | Columbia Basin | 48°16′37″N 119°23′56″W / 48.277°N 119.399°W | ||
| Keechelus Lake | Kittitas | 2,521 | 2,600 | 250,000 | 310 | Yakima River | Columbia / Yakima | 47°19′37″N 121°21′07″W / 47.327°N 121.352°W | ||
| Spirit Lake | Skamania | 3,440 | 2,600 | 212,000 | 110 | North Fork Toutle River | Columbia / Cowlitz | 46°16′08″N 122°08′28″W / 46.269°N 122.141°W | ||
| Lake Wenatchee | Chelan | 1,872 | 2,500 | 360,000 | 244 | Wenatchee River | Columbia / Wenatchee | 47°49′23″N 120°46′41″W / 47.823°N 120.778°W | ||
| Lake Tapps | Pierce | 546 | 2,430 | 47,000 | 90 | White River | Puyallup River | 47°12′50″N 122°10′08″W / 47.214°N 122.169°W | ||
| Silver Lake | Cowlitz | 489 | 2,300 | 13,000 | 10 | Outlet Creek | Columbia / Cowlitz | 46°17′24″N 122°47′56″W / 46.29°N 122.799°W | ||
| Vancouver Lake | Clark | 8 | 2,300 | 6,900 | 15 | Lake River | Columbia Basin | 45°40′26″N 122°43′05″W / 45.674°N 122.718°W | ||
| Rock Lake | Whitman | 1,728 | 2,200 | 380,000 | 350 | Rock Creek | Columbia / Snake | 47°10′55″N 117°40′48″W / 47.182°N 117.68°W | ||
| Palmer Lake | Okanogan | 1,150 | 2,100 | 110,000 | 79 | Palmer Creek | Columbia / Okanogan | 48°53′35″N 119°37′08″W / 48.893°N 119.619°W | ||
| Twin Lakes | Ferry | 2,572 | 1,900 | 33,000 | 50 | Stranger Creek | Columbia Basin | 48°16′34″N 118°22′48″W / 48.276°N 118.38°W | ||
| Chester Morse Lake | King | 1,562 | 1,830 | 94,000 | 130 | Cedar River | Lake Washington | 47°23′13″N 121°42′11″W / 47.387°N 121.703°W | ||
| Sprague Lake | Adams / Lincoln | 1,882 | 1,800 | 19,000 | 20 | Cow Creek | Columbia / Snake | 47°15′36″N 118°03′58″W / 47.26°N 118.066°W | ||
| Lenore Lake | Grant | 1,078 | 1,400 | 20,000 | 27 | Soap Lake | Columbia / Crab Creek | 47°29′13″N 119°31′01″W / 47.487°N 119.517°W | ||
| Deer Lake | Stevens | 2,482 | 1,150 | 60,000 | 80 | Sheep Creek | Columbia / Colville | 48°06′43″N 117°35′13″W / 48.112°N 117.587°W | ||
| American Lake | Pierce | 238 | 1,100 | 60,000 | 90 | Sequalitchew Creek | 47°07′30″N 122°33′43″W / 47.125°N 122.562°W | |||
| Loon Lake | Stevens | 2,385 | 1,100 | 51,000 | 105 | Sheep Creek | Columbia / Colville | 48°02′42″N 117°37′19″W / 48.045°N 117.622°W | ||
| Newman Lake | Spokane | 2,130 | 1,100 | 23,000 | 30 | Newman Lake Peat Dike | 47°46′37″N 117°06′04″W / 47.777°N 117.101°W | |||
| Lake Stevens | Snohomish | 214 | 1,000 | 65,000 | 160 | Catherine Creek | Snohomish River | 48°00′14″N 122°05′06″W / 48.004°N 122.085°W | ||
| Mason Lake | Mason | 197 | 1,000 | 49,000 | 90 | Sherwood Creek | Puget Sound | 47°20′06″N 122°57′29″W / 47.335°N 122.958°W | ||
| Curlew Lake | Ferry | 2,354 | 920 | 40,000 | 130 | Curlew Creek | Columbia / Kettle | 48°44′02″N 118°39′58″W / 48.734°N 118.666°W | ||
| Soap Lake | Grant | 1,074 | 850 | 29,000 | 95 | None | Columbia / Crab Creek | 47°24′22″N 119°29′49″W / 47.406°N 119.497°W | ||
| Lake Cavanaugh | Skagit | 1,012 | 830 | 36,000 | 80 | Lake Creek | Stillaguamish River | 48°19′16″N 122°00′36″W / 48.321°N 122.01°W | ||
| Lake Samish | Whatcom | 274 | 810 | 33,100 | 160 | Friday Creek | Bellingham Bay | 48°39′54″N 122°23′06″W / 48.665°N 122.385°W | ||
| Coldwater Lake | Cowlitz / Skamania | 2,494 | 770 | 58,500 | 200 | Coldwater Creek | Columbia / Cowlitz | 46°18′11″N 122°14′24″W / 46.303°N 122.24°W | ||
| Bead Lake | Pend Oreille | 2,833 | 720 | 77,000 | 180 | None | Columbia / Pend Oreille | 48°17′53″N 117°06′47″W / 48.298°N 117.113°W | ||
| Lake Union | King | 17 | 580 | 20,000 | 50 | Fremont Cut | Lake Washington | 47°38′28″N 122°20′06″W / 47.641°N 122.335°W | ||
| Buffalo Lake | Okanogan | 2,402 | 540 | 33,700 | 121 | None | Columbia Basin | 48°03′50″N 118°53′17″W / 48.064°N 118.888°W | ||
| Lake Goodwin | Snohomish | 328 | 540 | 13,000 | 50 | Tulalip Creek | Puget Sound | 48°08′31″N 122°17′46″W / 48.142°N 122.296°W | ||
| Summit Lake | Thurston | 459 | 510 | 28,000 | 100 | Kennedy Creek | Puget Sound | 47°03′22″N 123°06′11″W / 47.056°N 123.103°W | ||
| Lake Kapowsin | Pierce | 585 | 510 | 8,300 | 29 | Kapowsin Creek | Puyallup River | 46°58′23″N 122°13′37″W / 46.973°N 122.227°W | ||
| Lake Pleasant | Clallam | 397 | 500 | 16,000 | 50 | Lake Creek to Sol Duc River | Quillayute River | 48°03′50″N 124°19′44″W / 48.064°N 124.329°W | ||
| Packwood Lake | Lewis | 2,857 | 450 | 28,000 | 120 | Lake Creek | Columbia / Cowlitz | 46°35′13″N 121°33′29″W / 46.587°N 121.558°W | ||
| Walupt Lake | Lewis | 3,930 | 380 | 62,000 | 300 | Walupt Creek | Columbia / Cowlitz | 46°25′01″N 121°27′47″W / 46.417°N 121.463°W | ||
| Lake Sutherland | Clallam | 528 | 360 | 21,000 | 86 | Indian Creek | Elwha River | 48°04′44″N 123°42′54″W / 48.079°N 123.715°W | ||
| Lake Lawrence | Thurston | 429 | 330 | 4,400 | 26 | Deschutes River | Puget Sound | 46°51′07″N 122°34′16″W / 46.852°N 122.571°W | ||
| Long Lake | Thurston | 160 | 310 | 3,900 | 21 | Woodland Creek | Puget Sound | 47°01′12″N 122°46′30″W / 47.02°N 122.775°W | ||
| Conconully Lake | Okanogan | 2323 | 293 | 110 | Salmon Creek | Okanogan River | 48°33′49″N 119°43′11″W / 48.563477°N 119.719804°W | |||
| Lacamas Lake | Clark | 182 | 290 | 7,500 | 65 | Lacamas Creek | Columbia / Washougal | 45°37′01″N 122°25′34″W / 45.617°N 122.426°W | ||
| Lake Sawyer | King | 498 | 286 | 58 | Covington Creek | Duwamish | 47°19′59″N 122°02′16″W / 47.333°N 122.0377°W | |||
| Nahwatzel Lake | Mason | 456 | 270 | 4,600 | 25 | Outlet Creek -> Satsop River | Chehalis River | 47°14′31″N 123°19′59″W / 47.242°N 123.333°W | ||
| Capitol Lake | Thurston | 3 | 270 | 2,400 | 20 | Budd Inlet | Puget Sound | 47°01′59″N 122°54′32″W / 47.033°N 122.909°W | ||
| Lake Dorothy | King | 3,062 | 260 | ca 15,000? | 160 | Miller River | Snohomish River | 47°34′48″N 121°23′10″W / 47.58°N 121.386°W | ||
| Green Lake | King | 164 | 250 | 3,400 | 30 | Bef. 1916: Ravenna Creek | Lake Washington | 47°40′41″N 122°20′17″W / 47.678°N 122.338°W | ||
| Lake Easton | Kittitas | 2,184 | 205 | 4,000 | 85 | Kachess River | Columbia / Yakima | 47°15′00″N 121°11′56″W / 47.25°N 121.199°W | ||
| Angeline Lake | King | 4,613 | 184 | >20,000 | 412 | Angeline Falls, Foss River | Snohomish River | 47°34′16″N 121°18′25″W / 47.571°N 121.307°W | ||
| Big Heart Lake | King | 4,549 | 176 | >20,000 | 449 | Big Heart Falls, Foss River | Snohomish River | 47°34′44″N 121°19′30″W / 47.579°N 121.325°W | ||
| Silver Lake | Whatcom | 6,768 | 162 | ca 25,000? | 522 | Silver Creek | Skagit River | 48°59′17″N 121°13′55″W / 48.988°N 121.232°W | ||
| Blanca Lake | Snohomish | 3,976 | 160 | 25,000 | 250 | Troublesome Creek | Snohomish River | 47°56′28″N 121°20′28″W / 47.941°N 121.341°W | ||
| Snow Lake | King | 4,019 | 153 | 16,500 | 400 | Rock Creek | Snoqualmie River | 47°28′05″N 121°27′22″W / 47.468°N 121.456°W | ||
| Lake Meridian | King | 372 | 150 | 6,100 | 90 | Big Soos Creek | Duwamish River | 47°21′47″N 122°09′11″W / 47.363°N 122.153°W | ||
| Lake Padden | Whatcom | 450 | 149 | 4,300 | 59 | Padden Creek | Bellingham Bay | 48°42′11″N 122°27′14″W / 48.703°N 122.454°W | ||
| Gravelly Lake | Pierce | 220 | 147 | 6,000 | 57 | None | Chambers Creek | 47°08′53″N 122°31′52″W / 47.148°N 122.531°W | ||
| Chopaka Lake | Okanogan | 2,911 | 140 | 3,700 | 73 | Chopaka Creek | Columbia / Okanogan | 48°55′05″N 119°42′00″W / 48.918°N 119.7°W | ||
| Snoqualmie Lake | King | 3,151 | 130 | ? | ? | Taylor River | Snoqualmie River | 47°34′01″N 121°24′47″W / 47.567°N 121.413°W | ||
| Berdeen Lake | Whatcom | 5,018 | 126 | ca 10,000? | 212 | Berdeen Falls, Bacon Creek | Skagit River | 48°42′58″N 121°27′54″W / 48.716°N 121.465°W | ||
| Mowich Lake | Pierce | 4,929 | 120 | ca 4,000? | 90 | Crater Creek | Puyallup River | 46°56′17″N 121°51′43″W / 46.938°N 121.862°W | ||
| Rattlesnake Lake | King | 911 | 108 | 2,700 | 54 | None | Lake Washington | 47°25′48″N 121°46′30″W / 47.43°N 121.775°W | ||
| Angle Lake | King | 351 | 103 | 2,600 | 52 | None | Duwamish River | 47°25′41″N 122°17′13″W / 47.428°N 122.287°W | ||
| Lake Ballinger | Snohomish | 282 | 101 | 1,500 | 35 | McAleer Creek | Lake Washington | 47°46′55″N 122°19′37″W / 47.782°N 122.327°W | ||
| Horseshoe Lake | Kitsap | 273 | 41 | 30 | Burley Creek | Puget Sound | 47°24′30″N 122°39′52″W / 47.408221°N 122.664339°W | |||
| Battle Ground Lake | Clark | 509 | 25 | 60 | Salmon Creek | Columbia / Salmon Creek | 45°48′16″N 122°29′40″W / 45.80454°N 122.49447°W | |||
| Round Lake | Clark | Lacamas Creek | Columbia / Washougal | 45°36′07″N 122°24′11″W / 45.6019904°N 122.4031767°W | ||||||
| Doubtful Lake | Chelan | 48°28′27″N 121°02′52″W / 48.4740347°N 121.0476972°W | ||||||||
| Dagger Lake | Chelan | 48°28′05″N 120°39′18″W / 48.4681455°N 120.6551062°W | ||||||||
| Howard Lake | Chelan | 48°23′19″N 120°50′00″W / 48.388601°N 120.83345°W | ||||||||
| Green View Lake | Chelan | 48°28′06″N 120°53′37″W / 48.4682456°N 120.8936430°W |
Reservoirs
| Name | County(s) | Coordinates | Total storage (acre feet) | Surface area (acres) |
Max depth (feet) |
Outflow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake | Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Grant, Okanogan | 47°56′46.2″N 118°55′56″W / 47.946167°N 118.93222°W | 9,386,000 | 79,400 | 400 | Columbia River |
| Lake Umatilla | Klickitat, Sherman (OR) , Gilliam (OR), Morrow (OR), Benton, Umatilla (OR) |
45°43′32″N 120°12′44″W / 45.72556°N 120.21222°W | 48,738 | Columbia River | ||
| Riffe Lake | Lewis | 46°27′59″N 122°16′4″W / 46.46639°N 122.26778°W | 1,686,300 | 11,830 | 360 | Cowlitz River |
| Alder Lake | Pierce, Thurston | 46°46′15″N 122°16′20″W / 46.77083°N 122.27222°W | 3065 | 290 | Nisqually River | |
| Ross Lake | Whatcom, British Columbia |
48°52′6″N 121°1′47″W / 48.86833°N 121.02972°W | 1,435,000 | 11,700 | Skagit River | |
| Lake Wallula | Benton, Walla Walla, Umatilla (OR) |
45°57′17″N 119°3′53″W / 45.95472°N 119.06472°W | 1,350,000 | 42,500 | Columbia River | |
| Banks Lake | Grant, Douglas | 47°48′21″N 119°11′31″W / 47.80583°N 119.19194°W | 1,275,000 | 26,877 | 177 | |
| Swift Reservoir | Skamania | 46°3′20″N 122°6′51″W / 46.05556°N 122.11417°W | 755,600 | 4,585 | Lewis River | |
| Wanapum Lake | Kittitas, Grant | 46°55′56″N 119°58′24″W / 46.93222°N 119.97333°W | 669,700 | 14,590 | Columbia River | |
| Rufus Woods Lake | Douglas, Chelan | 47°59′47″N 119°37′14″W / 47.99639°N 119.62056°W | 590,199 | 7,800 | Columbia River | |
| Lake Herbert G. West | Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Franklin | 46°34′18″N 118°31′6″W / 46.57167°N 118.51833°W | 432,000 | 6,590 | Snake River | |
| Merwin Lake | Clark, Cowlitz | 45°58′35″N 122°31′35″W / 45.97639°N 122.52639°W | 416,000 | 3,836 | 190 | Lewis River |
| Yale Lake | Clark, Cowlitz | 46°0′43″N 122°18′44″W / 46.01194°N 122.31222°W | 401,760 | 3,612 | Lewis River | |
| Potholes Reservoir | Grant | 46°59′59″N 119°17′6″W / 46.99972°N 119.28500°W | 332,200 | 27,800 |
| Key |
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| denotes that body of water crosses state border |
| denotes that body of water crosses international border |
See also
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